2012-01-04 Vatican Radio: On January 4th 1964 history was made when Pope Paul the 6th began the first ever papal visit to the Holy Land. Lasting less than two days, the visit took the pope to the main holy sites in Nazareth, Jerusalem and Bethlehem and included several important ecumenical meetings. His visit also marked the first time that a Roman Pontiff had ever travelled in a plane and it was the first time a reigning pope had left Italy in more than a century.(News.Va:here)5 January 2012
The Holy See-Memories of an historic papal visit in 1964:
2012-01-04 Vatican Radio: On January 4th 1964 history was made when Pope Paul the 6th began the first ever papal visit to the Holy Land. Lasting less than two days, the visit took the pope to the main holy sites in Nazareth, Jerusalem and Bethlehem and included several important ecumenical meetings. His visit also marked the first time that a Roman Pontiff had ever travelled in a plane and it was the first time a reigning pope had left Italy in more than a century.(News.Va:here)
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